Composing for Beginners

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Track	Section 1	Instructions: You are probably longing to hear the first song by now. - You may press "Do it" finally. You'll hear four simultanious tracks with the same "1 accords 1"-melody and one drum track(track 5). Now create your own song: For each track pick one of 30 melodies (baselines, accords, etc.) using the first selection list and choose from 127 different instruments (or programs) in the second selection list. There are 91440 different combinations, believe it or not! Use the third selection list for changing the volume. Mark "Solo" instead of "Play all" to hear a single track more clearly. If you like your song you might present it to other users by submitting it to the Sounding Guestbook.- Mark the "Submit"-button and hit "Do it" once more.
1	1 accords 1 1 refrain 1 1 melody 1 1 melody 2 1 baseline 1 1 accords 2 1 baseline 2 1 baseline 3 1 baseline 4 1 baseline 5 1 melody 3 1 melody 4 1 refrain 2 1 refrain 3 2 accords1 2 melody 1 2 melody 2 2 melody 3 2 melody 4 2 refrain 1 2 baseline 1 2 melody 5 2 refrain 2 2 melody 6 3 accords 1 3 melody 1 3 baseline 1 3 melody 2 3 baseline 2 3 melody 3 001 Grand Piano 002 Bright Piano 003 E. Grand Piano 004 Honky-Tonk 005 E-Piano 1 006 E-Piano 2 007 Harpsichord 008 Clavi 009 Celesta 010 Glockenspiel 011 Music Box 012 Vibraphone 013 Marimba 014 Xylophone 015 Tubular Bells 016 Dulcimer 017 Drawbar Organ 018 Percus. Organ 019 Rock Organ 020 Church Organ 021 Reed Organ 022 Accordion 023 Harmonica 024 Tango Accordion 025 Nylon Guitar 026 Steel Guitar 027 Jazz Guitar 028 Clean Guitar 029 Muted Guitar 030 Overdriven 031 Distortion 032 Harmonics 033 Acoustic 034 Finger Bass 035 Pick Bass 036 Fretless 037 Slap Bass 1 038 Slap Bass 2 039 Synth Bass 1 040 Synth Bass 2 041 Violin 042 Viola 043 Cello 044 Contrabass 045 Tremolo 046 Pizzicato 047 Orch. Harp 048 Timpani 049 Ensemble 1 050 Ensemble 2 051 Synth Strings 1 052 Synth Strings 2 053 Choir Aahs 054 Voice Oohs 055 Synth Voice 056 Orch. Hit 057 Trumpet 058 Trombone 059 Tuba 060 Muted Trumpet 061 French Horn 062 Brass Section 063 Synth Brass 1 064 Synth Brass 2 065 Soprano Sax 066 Alto Sax 067 Tenor Sax 068 Baritone Sax 069 Oboe 070 English Horn 071 Bassoon 072 Clarinet 073 Piccolo 074 Flute 075 Recorder 076 Pan Flute 077 Blown Bottle 078 Shakuhachi 079 Whistle 080 Ocarina 081 Square 082 Sawtooth 083 Calliope 084 Chiff 085 Charging 086 Voice 087 Fifths 088 Bass + Lead 089 New Age 090 Warm 091 Polysynth 092 Choir 093 Bowed 094 Metallic 095 Halo 096 Sweep 097 Rain 098 Soundtrack 099 Crystal 100 Atmosphere 101 Brightness 102 Goblins 103 Echoes 104 Sci-Fi 105 Sitar 106 Banjo 107 Shamisen 108 Koto 109 Kalimba 110 Bag Pipe 111 Fiddle 112 Shanai 113 Tinkle Bell 114 Agogo 115 Steel Drums 116 Woodblock 117 Taiko Drums 118 Melodic Tom 119 Synth Drum 120 Reverse Cym. 121 Fret Noise 122 Breath 123 Seashore 124 Bird Tweet 125 Telephone 126 Helicopter 127 Applause 128 Gunshot 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Solo
2	1 accords 1 1 refrain 1 1 melody 1 1 melody 2 1 baseline 1 1 accords 2 1 baseline 2 1 baseline 3 1 baseline 4 1 baseline 5 1 melody 3 1 melody 4 1 refrain 2 1 refrain 3 2 accords 1 2 melody 1 2 melody 2 2 melody 3 2 melody 4 2 refrain 1 2 baseline 1 2 melody 5 2 refrain 2 2 melody 6 3 accords 1 3 melody 1 3 baseline 1 3 melody 2 3 baseline 2 3 melody 3 001 Grand Piano 002 Bright Piano 003 E. Grand Piano 004 Honky-Tonk 005 E-Piano 1 006 E-Piano 2 007 Harpsichord 008 Clavi 009 Celesta 010 Glockenspiel 011 Music Box 012 Vibraphone 013 Marimba 014 Xylophone 015 Tubular Bells 016 Dulcimer 017 Drawbar Organ 018 Percus. Organ 019 Rock Organ 020 Church Organ 021 Reed Organ 022 Accordion 023 Harmonica 024 Tango Accordion 025 Nylon Guitar 026 Steel Guitar 027 Jazz Guitar 028 Clean Guitar 029 Muted Guitar 030 Overdriven 031 Distortion 032 Harmonics 033 Acoustic 034 Finger Bass 035 Pick Bass 036 Fretless 037 Slap Bass 1 038 Slap Bass 2 039 Synth Bass 1 040 Synth Bass 2 041 Violin 042 Viola 043 Cello 044 Contrabass 045 Tremolo 046 Pizzicato 047 Orch. Harp 048 Timpani 049 Ensemble 1 050 Ensemble 2 051 Synth Strings 1 052 Synth Strings 2 053 Choir Aahs 054 Voice Oohs 055 Synth Voice 056 Orch. Hit 057 Trumpet 058 Trombone 059 Tuba 060 Muted Trumpet 061 French Horn 062 Brass Section 063 Synth Brass 1 064 Synth Brass 2 065 Soprano Sax 066 Alto Sax 067 Tenor Sax 068 Baritone Sax 069 Oboe 070 English Horn 071 Bassoon 072 Clarinet 073 Piccolo 074 Flute 075 Recorder 076 Pan Flute 077 Blown Bottle 078 Shakuhachi 079 Whistle 080 Ocarina 081 Square 082 Sawtooth 083 Calliope 084 Chiff 085 Charging 086 Voice 087 Fifths 088 Bass + Lead 089 New Age 090 Warm 091 Polysynth 092 Choir 093 Bowed 094 Metallic 095 Halo 096 Sweep 097 Rain 098 Soundtrack 099 Crystal 100 Atmosphere 101 Brightness 102 Goblins 103 Echoes 104 Sci-Fi 105 Sitar 106 Banjo 107 Shamisen 108 Koto 109 Kalimba 110 Bag Pipe 111 Fiddle 112 Shanai 113 Tinkle Bell 114 Agogo 115 Steel Drums 116 Woodblock 117 Taiko Drums 118 Melodic Tom 119 Synth Drum 120 Reverse Cym. 121 Fret Noise 122 Breath 123 Seashore 124 Bird Tweet 125 Telephone 126 Helicopter 127 Applause 128 Gunshot 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Solo
3	1 accords 1 1 refrain 1 1 melody 1 1 melody 2 1 baseline 1 1 accords 2 1 baseline 2 1 baseline 3 1 baseline 4 1 baseline 5 1 melody 3 1 melody 4 1 refrain 2 1 refrain 3 2 accords 1 2 melody 1 2 melody 2 2 melody 3 2 melody 4 2 refrain 1 2 baseline 1 2 melody 5 2 refrain 2 2 melody 6 3 accords 1 3 melody 1 3 baseline 1 3 melody 2 3 baseline 2 3 melody 3 001 Grand Piano 002 Bright Piano 003 E. Grand Piano 004 Honky-Tonk 005 E-Piano 1 006 E-Piano 2 007 Harpsichord 008 Clavi 009 Celesta 010 Glockenspiel 011 Music Box 012 Vibraphone 013 Marimba 014 Xylophone 015 Tubular Bells 016 Dulcimer 017 Drawbar Organ 018 Percus. Organ 019 Rock Organ 020 Church Organ 021 Reed Organ 022 Accordion 023 Harmonica 024 Tango Accordion 025 Nylon Guitar 026 Steel Guitar 027 Jazz Guitar 028 Clean Guitar 029 Muted Guitar 030 Overdriven 031 Distortion 032 Harmonics 033 Acoustic 034 Finger Bass 035 Pick Bass 036 Fretless 037 Slap Bass 1 038 Slap Bass 2 039 Synth Bass 1 040 Synth Bass 2 041 Violin 042 Viola 043 Cello 044 Contrabass 045 Tremolo 046 Pizzicato 047 Orch. Harp 048 Timpani 049 Ensemble 1 050 Ensemble 2 051 Synth Strings 1 052 Synth Strings 2 053 Choir Aahs 054 Voice Oohs 055 Synth Voice 056 Orch. Hit 057 Trumpet 058 Trombone 059 Tuba 060 Muted Trumpet 061 French Horn 062 Brass Section 063 Synth Brass 1 064 Synth Brass 2 065 Soprano Sax 066 Alto Sax 067 Tenor Sax 068 Baritone Sax 069 Oboe 070 English Horn 071 Bassoon 072 Clarinet 073 Piccolo 074 Flute 075 Recorder 076 Pan Flute 077 Blown Bottle 078 Shakuhachi 079 Whistle 080 Ocarina 081 Square 082 Sawtooth 083 Calliope 084 Chiff 085 Charging 086 Voice 087 Fifths 088 Bass + Lead 089 New Age 090 Warm 091 Polysynth 092 Choir 093 Bowed 094 Metallic 095 Halo 096 Sweep 097 Rain 098 Soundtrack 099 Crystal 100 Atmosphere 101 Brightness 102 Goblins 103 Echoes 104 Sci-Fi 105 Sitar 106 Banjo 107 Shamisen 108 Koto 109 Kalimba 110 Bag Pipe 111 Fiddle 112 Shanai 113 Tinkle Bell 114 Agogo 115 Steel Drums 116 Woodblock 117 Taiko Drums 118 Melodic Tom 119 Synth Drum 120 Reverse Cym. 121 Fret Noise 122 Breath 123 Seashore 124 Bird Tweet 125 Telephone 126 Helicopter 127 Applause 128 Gunshot 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Solo
4	1 accords 1 1 refrain 1 1 melody 1 1 melody 2 1 baseline 1 1 accords 2 1 baseline 2 1 baseline 3 1 baseline 4 1 baseline 5 1 melody 3 1 melody 4 1 refrain 2 1 refrain 3 2 accords 1 2 melody 1 2 melody 2 2 melody 3 2 melody 4 2 refrain 1 2 baseline 1 2 melody 5 2 refrain 2 2 melody 6 3 accords 1 3 melody 1 3 baseline 1 3 melody 2 3 baseline 2 3 melody 3 001 Grand Piano 002 Bright Piano 003 E. Grand Piano 004 Honky-Tonk 005 E-Piano 1 006 E-Piano 2 007 Harpsichord 008 Clavi 009 Celesta 010 Glockenspiel 011 Music Box 012 Vibraphone 013 Marimba 014 Xylophone 015 Tubular Bells 016 Dulcimer 017 Drawbar Organ 018 Percus. Organ 019 Rock Organ 020 Church Organ 021 Reed Organ 022 Accordion 023 Harmonica 024 Tango Accordion 025 Nylon Guitar 026 Steel Guitar 027 Jazz Guitar 028 Clean Guitar 029 Muted Guitar 030 Overdriven 031 Distortion 032 Harmonics 033 Acoustic 034 Finger Bass 035 Pick Bass 036 Fretless 037 Slap Bass 1 038 Slap Bass 2 039 Synth Bass 1 040 Synth Bass 2 041 Violin 042 Viola 043 Cello 044 Contrabass 045 Tremolo 046 Pizzicato 047 Orch. Harp 048 Timpani 049 Ensemble 1 050 Ensemble 2 051 Synth Strings 1 052 Synth Strings 2 053 Choir Aahs 054 Voice Oohs 055 Synth Voice 056 Orch. Hit 057 Trumpet 058 Trombone 059 Tuba 060 Muted Trumpet 061 French Horn 062 Brass Section 063 Synth Brass 1 064 Synth Brass 2 065 Soprano Sax 066 Alto Sax 067 Tenor Sax 068 Baritone Sax 069 Oboe 070 English Horn 071 Bassoon 072 Clarinet 073 Piccolo 074 Flute 075 Recorder 076 Pan Flute 077 Blown Bottle 078 Shakuhachi 079 Whistle 080 Ocarina 081 Square 082 Sawtooth 083 Calliope 084 Chiff 085 Charging 086 Voice 087 Fifths 088 Bass + Lead 089 New Age 090 Warm 091 Polysynth 092 Choir 093 Bowed 094 Metallic 095 Halo 096 Sweep 097 Rain 098 Soundtrack 099 Crystal 100 Atmosphere 101 Brightness 102 Goblins 103 Echoes 104 Sci-Fi 105 Sitar 106 Banjo 107 Shamisen 108 Koto 109 Kalimba 110 Bag Pipe 111 Fiddle 112 Shanai 113 Tinkle Bell 114 Agogo 115 Steel Drums 116 Woodblock 117 Taiko Drums 118 Melodic Tom 119 Synth Drum 120 Reverse Cym. 121 Fret Noise 122 Breath 123 Seashore 124 Bird Tweet 125 Telephone 126 Helicopter 127 Applause 128 Gunshot 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Solo
Drums	pop rock 1 hip hop rap jungle pop rock 2 pop rock 3 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Solo